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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN B. SEARS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENTlN COMPOUNDS FOR DESTROYING INSECTS. VERMIN. 8m.

Specification forming fart of Lciters Patent No. 136,185, dated February25, 1873.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN B. SEARS, of the city and county of SanFrancisco, State of California, have invented or discovered an ImprovedCompound for the Extermination of Fleas,Moths, &c.; and I do herebydeclare that the ingredients used and the manner of mixing orcompounding them to make the said exterminator, together with the mannerof using the same, are describedin the following specification Toaccomplish my object and manufacture one pint of my exterminator, I taketwo-thirds of a pint, or nine (9) fluid ounces of alco hol, andone-third of a pint, or three fluid ounces of the oil of Wormwood. Tothis I add one-half (1}) grain of gum camphor, and one Directions forUsing.

For the extermination of moths, one or two drops placed upon some cottonand deposited in a trunk or drawer, or wherever they exist, will havethe desired eifect. In order to check the destruction of carpets bymoths, from one to six (6) drops of the liquid should be sprinkled upon.the carpet of an ordinarysized In the extermination of fleas I employ;from three (3) to five (5) drops of the liquid placed upon a small pieceof muslin and deposited between the mattress and sheet of a bed whichwill be found very effective.

Having thus described my invention or dis- G. W. M. SMITH, PHILIPMAHLER.

